INFANT PASSENGER SAFETY EDUCATION IN PERINATAL SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA

Of 166 hospitals surveyed in California, 53 (31.9 percent) routinely provide some information on infant car-safety to parents of newborns and 115 (69.2 percent) were interested in developing a more comprehensive program of infant passenger safety. More than 80 percent of the hospitals estimated that less than a fourth of the infants were safety restrained on leaving the hospital. Larger hospitals provided more car safety education and expressed greater interest in developing comprehensive programs in the future. Although present services are limited, there is interest in expanding infant passenger safety education not only in perinatal services but in childbirth classes as well.

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  California Medical Association

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  San Francisco, CA  United States  94103
• Authors:
  • Chang, A
  • Levy, E
• Publication Date: 1982-8

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 162-165
• Serial:
  • Western Journal of Medicine
  • Volume: 137
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: California Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0093-0415

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Hospitals; Infants; Parents; Safety education
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385126
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 761
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM